Buisness aviation news
Caribbean demand, Florida thriving, Europe stagnating
Global business aviation traffic is down by 11% for the first half of February with 14 thousand fewer flights than February last year
Signature Aviation sells engine repairs business for $230m
US-based maintenance and repairs provider StandardAero will purchase the division
Sikorsky Continues Legacy With Latest Contract To Build Presidential Helicopters
The award announced February 5, 2021 by the U.S. Navy for five aircraft is the final lot of VH-92A presidential helicopters set to deliver in 2023
New Industry Flagship Accomplishes Numerous Flight-Test Milestones
G700 flight-test program has made significant progress, surpassing 1,100 hours of flying and completing new company test regimens, all within the program's first year
Missions in 2020: Rega helped 31 patients per day
Rega can look back on an extremely busy year: in 2020, the Rega Operations Centre organised 16,273 missions at home and abroad
The Royal Flying Doctor Service has agreed to purchase four Beechcraft King Air 360CHW turboprop aircraft
Deliveries are expected to begin in 2021 and continue through 2023
Bombardier Reports Full Year 2020 Financial Results, Provides 2021 Guidance and Outlines Actions to Drive Profitability and Productivity
Company focuses exclusively on designing, building and servicing the world’s best business jets
EBAA, NBAA Unveil 'EBACE Connect,' An Online Dialogue That Will Inform, Inspire
EBACE Connect will take place May 18–19, 2021, the dates originally planned for the in-person show, which NBAA and EBAA recently cancelled because of the COVID-19 crisis
Shell selects H160 for operation by PHI in Gulf of Mexico
In a pioneering move, Airbus will provide one H160 ahead of final deliveries to PHI and Shell for a year-long route-proving programme
PrivateFly says nearly 20% of its sales are paid by cryptocurrency
The popularity of buying flights with cryptocurrencies has soared for the company in the last few months, rising from typically 1-2% of flights per month in recent years, to 12% in December and 13% in January
Airbus and Air Methods sign additional HCare support contract for fleet of 80 EC135s
The order expands the number of Air Methods aircraft covered by Airbus support and services to 111, making Air Methods the largest HCare-covered single-operator civil helicopter fleet in the world
Cutter Aviation extends its Charter fleet with the addition of three HondaJet Aircraft
Cutter currently has a total of seven HondaJet on its Charter Certificate, making it one of the largest HondaJet fleets in the world
Successful year for Elit’Avia despite challenges of global pandemic
2020 a busy year for business aviation company thanks to its flexible response to crisis
Embraer Delivers 71 Jets in 4Q20 and 130 total Jets in 2020
Although deliveries accelerated during the fourth quarter of 2020 relative to the three previous quarters, they were heavily impacted, mostly in commercial aviation, due to COVID-19 pandemic
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NATA has endorsed Tecnam’s aircraft configured to increase the reach and speed of COVID vaccine delivery
The endorsement aims to inspire further innovation and industry involvement in solving COVID vaccine transportation challenges
Universal builds global network of COVID-19 viral testing providers
This includes all destinations where there is a Universal Aviation FBO Ground Services office and a majority of destinations where Universal has a Preferred Ground Handler named
Daher welcomes a fleet order for four TBM 940 very fast turboprop aircraft from France's Ministry of Defense
Delivery of the TBM 940 fleet will begin in the summer of 2021, replacing TBM 700 versions that have been used since 1992
Super Bowl traffic low but US market holding up
Business aviation aircraft have mustered just under 60,000 sectors so far in February 2021 - 11% less activity than in February 2020 - according to WINGX`s weekly Global Market Tracker
Partnerships can further accelerate the future of private travel
New research from VistaJet in association with Barton, the high-net-worth insight consultants, demonstrates the far-ranging value placed on partnerships by leading businesses in the sector